Insulator



C. E. DAUSSA Feb. 7, 1933.

INSULATOR Filed June 9, 1930 NVENTOR C/mos E. Dru/55H BYMT/gbfyw Patented Feb. 7, 1933 PATENT OFFICE CARLOS E. DAUSSA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

INSULATOR Application led .Tune 9,

My invention relates to improvements in insulators wherein an insulating body is arranged to receive and normally enclose a card identifying a conductor connected thereto with respect to a remote connection connected to said conductor.

My invention is particularly useful in connection with outside aerials for radio reception wherein a plurality of aerials are separately connected to different apartments within abuilding, whereby each aerial may be effectually identified with respect to the particular apartment to which it is connected.

The primary object of my invention is to provide an improved insulator having means for identifying conductors attached thereto.

Another object is to provide an improved A insulator wherein an identifying card may be detachably mounted upon the insulator to indicate the relation or location of conductors connected thereto.

A further object is to provide an improved device of the character described slotted to receive and normally enclose an identifying card.

A still further object is to provide an improved device which will effectually protect the indicia bearing portion of an identifying card from exposure, and in which the card may be readily removed for inspection or replacement when desired.

Another object is to provide an improved r identifying insulator of transparent character arranged to enclose an identifying card whereby conductors connected to the insulator may be identified by inspection through the transparent walls of the insulator.

I accomplish these and other objects by means of the improved device disclosed in the drawing forming a part of the present application, like characters of reference being used to designate similar parts throughout the specification and drawing. In the drawing,

Fig. l is a side elevation of my improved insulator with an identifying card mounted thereon;

Fig. 2 is a top View of the device as shown 1n Fig. l; and

1930. Serial No. 460,047.

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical midsectional view of the insulator and identifying card.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral l is used to designate the body portion of an insulator, formed from suitable insulating material, preferably transparent glass. The body l is preferably substantially cylindrical in form and provided with annular flanges 2 and apertured knobs 3 at each end thereof whereby the insulator may be mounted in the ordinary and well known manner.

The body l is provided with a longitudinally disposed recess 4 opening outwardly through one side of the body and extending diametrically into the body to a desired 55 depth. The outer open end of the recess 4 is enlarged. as at 5, the enlarged portion preferably having diverging side walls and forming shoulders 6 spaced inwardly from the surface of the body. The recess 4 is made of lo a length and depth sufficient to accommodate card 7 having suitable characters 8 identify'- ing the insulator and conductors Connected thereto. y

A block 9 is shaped to fit within the en- 75 larged portion 5 of the recess 4 and to seat therein upon the diverging walls and the shoulders 6. The inner face of the block 9 is grooved to engage the outer edge of the card 7, and a slot 10 is formed through the 80 block, preferably at the center thereof, to receive an outwardly disposed extension or tab 11 carried by the card 7 whereby the card and block may be removed from the insulator when desired. The block is formed of any suitable material such as rubber, cork, wood, or the like adapted to be pressed firmly into the recess 5 to exclude moisture from the recess 4 and protect the card 7 from exposure to the elements.

My improved insulator is particularly designed for use in connection with outside aerials of apartment houses and the like wherein numerous outside aerials are individually connected to outlets situated in the several apartments of a building. In many cases, such outside aerials are not adequately marked to identify the particular apartments toV which they extend. and much inconvenience frequently results from the necessity of transparent body of the insulator, or in case the insulator is constructed from nontralnsparent material, by lifting the card outwardly from the recess 4 by means ef the extension 1l.

While I have illustrated and described my invention only in one embodiment and as applied in connection with radio aerials, the device is of course-subject to modification in various ways for use in other connections,

' and to meet other requirements. I-therefore do not wish to be restricted to the specic form and arrangement illustrated, but desire to avail myself of all modifications which may fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I Having thus described my invention, what l `claim is:

l. An insulator comprisng a body formed identifying indicia thereon observable throu h the insulator body.

5. n insulator comprising a transparent body provided with apertured conductor receiving portions at its opposite ends; said body having a recess formed therein; and an identifying member removably insertable into the recess and having identifying indicia hereon observable through the insulator 6. An insulator comprising a transparent body provided with conductor receiving means at its opposite ends, said bodyhaving a recess formed therein; a card removably insertable into the inner portion of the recess, said card having identifying indicia thereon; and a block engaging-the card and seating in the outer portion of the recess.V

In witness whereof I hereunto set my signature.

CARLOS E. DAUSSA.

from insulating material and having means f to engage a conductor connected thereto; and an identifying member detaohably mounted within the body for identifying the conductor, and :provided with an outwardly extending means for removing the member from the bod Y e i 2.yAn insulator comprising a body formed from insulating material and having means to engage a conductor'connected thereto, said body having a recess formed longitudinally therein; and a card insertable into the'recess and having identifying indicia thereon to identify the conductor, said card'having an outwardly'eXtending-tab for removing the kcard from the recess.

3, An insulator comprising abody formed from insulating material and having means to engage a conductor connected thereto, said body having avrec-ess formed longitudinally therein intermediate the ends thereof; a block removably fitted into an enlarged outer portion-of the recess; and a card detachablysecured to the blocland insertable into the recess, said card having indentifying indicia thereon to identify the conductor and being provided with a tab extending outwardly through the bloclr'for removing the'block and l card from the recess.

4;. An insulator comprising a transparent body providedY with conductor `vreceiving means atits opposite ends, saidbody having a recess `formed therein; andanidentifying .member insertable into the recess and having 

